OK Here was the outcome of my debacle, the valve adjustment I did the last time I did wrong LOL. It took my son to read the manual and set me straight. once it was done correctly it starts and runs better than the day I bought it. On the flywheel there was a section with 3 lines , 2 short and 1 long in between the short ones and that’s how I did the adjustment the 1st time,I did not have the 2 dots on the top of the top timing chain gear parralell with the head, once I had that aligned, there was a single line on the flywheel looking through the site hole, anyway thanks for all the input and help

Thanks guys, I did try to tap the bowl several times and when I took the carb apart the second time it was clean as a wistle. I also noticed that when I got it running last night when I turn the headlight on low the rpm dropped,when I turned them off and high beam rpm increased kind of weird. I will check valve clearance and do a compression test and will get back to you guys
Thanks again

Hello all I have a different problem here. I have a 2012 sportsman500 HO bought in march 2012. In Aug 2012 me and the boys spent a week In Maine with 600 awesome miles put on the machine,On the last day it wouldn’t start so when we got back I put a jet kit in her “my 3rd one Ive installed on different machines with no problems” since then when I start it cold it is a bear , but when she starts I have to keep the throttle pressed.If I turn up the idle so she Idle’s about 20 seconds later the Idle Is at about 2000 rpm , another 20 seconds she’s at 3000 rpm I turn idle down several times after it warms up back down to 1250 rpm , but when she cools down I start all over again. Carb has been removed 2 times and cleaned completely tuned up fuel filter plug ETC.I have an 1/8 inch play at the throttle.I will say that after the last carb clean 2 days ago she runs stronger than ever but is still hard to start unless I turn throttle way up till she warms up and then down to 1250 or so.
Any Ideas would be greatly appreaciated. Thanks Scott